I have been an early adopter of VoiP, After trying Vonage for a while I moved to AT&T’ callvantage service, which I really like because of the features it offers me over normal phone service I installed two lines in my SF home and two lines in my Sonoma home Everything was fine until E911 … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Residential broadband hit the 3/4s mark
I remember when we I started developing residentail broadband in the early 90s, that I felt sucess was when we hit 50% penetration since that is when most applications/content developers would really target the broadband home. I hope this numbers below are correct. NEW YORK – More than three-quarters of residential Web users got on … Continue reading
If microsoft made paint, we would still be waiting for it to dry
Good article in the NYT’s on Steve Berkowitz (the person in charge of Microsoft’s online business) struggle to make Microsoft’s online business relevant to users. There was one quote that I really appreciated which really explains Apple (not my favorite company) recent sucesses. He said: “A lot of decisions were driven by technology; they were not … Continue reading
Equal Access
I have been involved this wonderful organization for the last five years (I am a senior advisor which means I get to give advice without having to go board meetings). Equal Access is committed to providing information that will changes the lives of people living in poverty in rual asia. We are reaching tens of millions … Continue reading
Interesting info on UK broadband with data about the rest of the world
Ofcom, the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services, has published its new International Communications Market Report. The publication analyses trends in the £840bn annual turnover global television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications industries. It also compares UK data, consumer attitudes and industry performance against that … Continue reading
Broadband in the USA
When I first started working on the development of consumer broadband (which pretty much when it started) in 1992, I thought that the USA would lead the world. I could not imagine that Korea would have a system 10 to 100 better that the USA. Continue reading
The end of major media companies
The major media companies are doomed. No one likes them and I am not even sure the like themselves but even more importantly their position in the media food chain in diminishing. There major asset has been their ability to control scare resources like distribution, money and advertising. But it is clear that the change … Continue reading
Why Yahoo will not make it
Well the Baker report is just in. Yahoo is a new media company with an old media vision. Does not seem like a winning strategy to me. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 